Australia
Fiancé/Prospective
Marriage Visa

You must have physically met your sponsor in person (as adults). You must be known to the person that you intend to marry, even if it is an arranged marriage.

If you and your sponsor marry before a decision is made on your Australian Prospective Marriage Visa, you can change your application to that of an Australian Spouse Visa. You must provide a certified copy of the extract from the marriage register showing your marriage to the office of the department processing your application, write that you wish to change your application to that of a Spouse Visa and that you formally withdraw the Prospective Marriage Visa application.

Your visa would have been granted on the basis that you were assessed as genuinely intending to marry your sponsor. If you do not abide by the conditions of your visa it may be cancelled and you will have to leave Australia.

No. However, you must make at least one entry into Australia on the Fiancé(e) Visa before you marry to fulfil the conditions of your visa. If you do not, you may not be allowed to enter Australia and your visa may be cancelled. If you marry outside Australia, this must be a marriage that is recognised in Australia for the purposes of the Australian Marriage Act 1961.

Your fiancé could be outside of Australia at the time of your visa application. However, your partner must meet all other requirements related to this type of visa.

• You must have met your intended spouse in person and know him or her personally.
• You and your partner must each provide a statement or statutory declaration regarding the history of your relationship, including how, when and where you first met; how your relationship developed; when you decided to marry or to start a de facto relationship; your domestic arrangements (how you support each other financially, physically and emotionally and when this level of commitment began); any periods of separation (when and why the separation occurred, for how long and how you maintained your relationship during the period of separation); your future plans.

You may include your dependent children and other dependent relatives in your visa application. To be included in your visa application, they must meet the health and character requirements. Dependent children may, in some cases, be added to your application after it has been lodged.

Yes, you can work in Australia.

Yes, you can study, but you will not have access to government funding

No, you must be outside Australia when you apply for this visa, and when the visa is granted.